In the wake of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death, President Barack Obama said he plans on nominating a successor despite Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell 44%‘s vow not to fill the seat until the election is over.
While Democrats in the upper chamber – including Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and former Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, both of which called for blocking former President George W. Bush’s nominations – have slammed the GOP for its decision not to consider a nominee until after a new president is elected, Democrats have not always held that stance. The Democrat-controlled Senate passed a resolution in 1960 preventing a recess appointment, much to the dismay of Republicans.
As first reported by The Washington Post – S.RES. 334, also known as Expressing the Sense of the Senate That The President Should Not Make Recess Appointments to the Supreme Court, Except to Prevent or End a Breakdown in the Administration of the Court’s Business – passed the Senate in a 48-33 vote in an attempt to prevent former President Dwight Eisenhower from filling a seat last-minute.
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It doesn't matter. All Congress has to do is NOT CONFIRM! It's really very simple!
ReplyDeleteThe dumbocrats want an up or down vote - give it to them....just all vote against the nomination. Don't stoop to their level and call it "Dead on Arrival" - what they did is wrong...the fact that they did it is not a reason for us to do it also. Be better than they are!
ReplyDeleteThey tried, but it didn't happen and the new justices were confirmed. As it should be.
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